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User profile for user: hellosultan
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User level: Level 1
17 points

iOS18 GPS Issue / Apple Maps only

It seems since I have upgraded to iOS 18 when I am home the iPhone is unable to locate me however, when I am on Google maps or Uber, it is able to locate my location. I have spent over around two hours with Apple support team. They were also not able to identify what the issue was. It’s seems this has started to happen since the upgrade of iOS 18 on my iPhone 14 Pro and after the upgrade to iPhone 16 Pro it has the same issue . however when I was on iOS 17 this issue did not occur. Is anyone else having the same issue? And what would be the best solutions ? Just to clarify I have tried all the troubleshoot that have been suggested by Apple. I have reset my network settings. I reset the location services I have turned off and on location services so I have like tried everything. still it is the same

iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Oct 23, 2024 12:42 AM

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User profile for user: rawcruester
rawcruester
User level: Level 1
23 points

Posted on Nov 4, 2024 6:56 AM

Updated to 18.1 and still having the same issue

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User profile for user: neron_2024
neron_2024
User level: Level 1
8 points

Nov 3, 2024 5:09 PM in response to hellosultan

I am running into the same and using IOS 18.1 on an iPhone 14 Max Plus. This weekend GPS Maps, Google Maps, Maps.me were all useless as they were not giving the right directions and froze after a short usage. Paps and Google Maps could not give me reliable driving directions (and missed exits, turns, etc) multiple times. Does anybody have an idea how to resolve it? (Rebooting did not help while trying to figure out my directions yesterday and today)

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User profile for user: Gh0st_Xp5
Gh0st_Xp5
User level: Level 1
13 points

Nov 9, 2024 4:30 AM in response to hellosultan

Facing the same issue on iPhone 15 Pro iOS 18.1. GPS keeps jumping all over the place on CarPlay. Another post said wired connection solved the problem. Not sure if this has been taken up to be resolved in the next version!! Battery would also be affected due to the continuous changes in GPS from current location to somewhere in the middle of the Ocean.

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User profile for user: raisedincali74
raisedincali74
User level: Level 1
12 points

Nov 22, 2024 1:56 PM in response to hellosultan

Same here. I had the iPhone 15 with iOS 17 and only use Apple maps. As soon as I upgraded to iOS18 maps starts out fine, but several times in a short period of time will show me offgrid and re-route me. Someone suggested I use Waze so I downloaded that and had the same issue. iOS18.1 didn't resolve the issue. I upgraded to the iPhone 16 Pro Max and have the same issue. I haven't tried Google maps yet but a thread on Reddit says that app has the same issues (though in that thread those people said Apple maps worked fine). I was hoping with the new update (18.1.1) they'd solve it, but still nothing. Not cool when I'm going somewhere new and desperately need directions!

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iOS18 GPS Issue / Apple Maps only

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